The state of preservation of historic parks and gardens and the reasons for their degradation

The article provides an overview of historic parks and gardens in Poland, including a percentage breakdown of particular categories of site, as determined from data held by the National Heritage Board of Poland. The most common reasons for the degradation of these heritage properties are identified as arising from the existing legal situation, a lack of social awareness regarding their value, lack of good models of conservation work in historic parks in Poland, underfunding of this group of sites, and problems associated with the protection of landscape contexts